The D Brief: More US-Russian meetings?; Quadu2019s first confab; Aussie sub timeline; Marines cancel marathon; And a bit more…


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U.S. military leaders should meet more with Russian counterparts, Milley says. This would help reduce tension and make miscalculations less likely in times of crisis, Gen. Mark Milley, Joint Chiefs chairman, told reporters on the way home from his meeting in Finland with Gen. Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian General Staff. Currently, U.S.-Russian military contacts are “largely limited to senior leaders such as the defense secretary, the chairman, and the supreme allied commander for Europe,” AP [reported](https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-army-joint-chiefs-of-staff-4f15e166a1e5af3d3c41a5f4320007d2) . “But he said the U.S. might look into allowing the military service chiefs to form stronger relationships with their Russian counterparts—which...